Brief Alternatives

Brief is described as 'Light-weight feed reading extension for Mozilla Firefox . Designed to be easy to use and streamlined, with exactly the right set of features' and is a popular RSS Reader in the news & books category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Brief for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, Mac and iPad apps. The best Brief alternative is Feedly, which is free. Other great apps like Brief are Inoreader, FreshRSS, Feeder RSS feed reader and RSS Guard.

More about Brief
Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
Brief alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. Kindly RSS Reader icon

    Kindly RSS Reader

     Like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Kindly RSS Reader is a self-hosted feed aggregator (supporting both RSS and Atom feeds) designed for e-ink devices such as Kindle and optimized for low-end computers like the Raspberry Pi.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Kindle Fire
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    Kindly RSS Reader screenshot 1
    Kindly RSS Reader screenshot 2
    Kindly RSS Reader screenshot 3
     
  2. FeedSpin icon

    FeedSpin

     2 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    FeedSpin is a RSS news reader that treats all sources equally, unless you say otherwise. So your must-read sources will always appear first. And any other sources will not be shown again until you have seen the updates of all the other ones.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. RSS Menu icon

    RSS Menu

     8 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    RSS Menu is a systemwide menu that allows you to read and organize your favourite RSS or Atom feeds.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    The Feed Menu
     
  5. Sputnik icon

    Sputnik

     9 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Sputnik is a simple and practical rss reader for Windows and Mac OS X.

    Pros:

    1. Fun to use: Keyboard (and mouse) shortcuts allows for convenient and fast browsing through articles.
    2. Works offline: All articles are stored on your computer, so you don't need internet connect.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Simple and intuitive layout.
     
  6. NewsBar icon

    NewsBar

     4 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    NewsBar is built with a fresh concept: news feeds delivered with a smooth animation, right to your desktop - now with automatic iCloud sync across all Apple devices. Works fine without Google Reader.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    NewsBar screenshot 1
     
  7. NewsHub icon

    NewsHub

     4 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    NewsHub is one of the leading web-based news aggregators. It gathers all the latest and the most thrilling news so that you can easily stay up to date with the most essential updates in different industries.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Tickr icon

    Tickr

     12 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    TICKR is GTK-based RSS READER application which displays RSS FEEDS in a TICKER bar on your desktop. With a single click, you get the latest headlines scrolling in a thin window on your desktop, as what can be seen on News TV channels.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Tickr screenshot 1
     
  10. zzllrr RSS Reader icon

    zzllrr RSS Reader

     3 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    zzllrr RSS Reader, an offline RSS reader and feed aggregator that supports RSS, ATOM and OPML formats. No need to register.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Chrome OS
     
  11. FocusReader icon

    FocusReader

     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    FocusReader is a clean (No Ads) ?modern?beautiful material design news & RSS reader application with a lot of great features.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    FocusReader screenshot 1
    FocusReader screenshot 2
    FocusReader screenshot 3
     
  13. Feedbunch icon

    Feedbunch

     4 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    A simple and elegant feed reader.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  14. Leaf RSS Reader icon

    Leaf RSS Reader

     7 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Leaf is an amazing RSS reader for your Mac. Read, share, star and search RSS articles by using a smooth, clean and intuitive interface.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Leaf RSS Reader screenshot 1
     
You are at page 9 of Brief alternatives